Abstracts: An abstract is a summary, in the student’s own words, of an article. There will be three (3) abstracts Fall semester. Each one will count as a 50 point test grade. The abstract rubric is under abstracts on the chemistry wiki page.
Abstract Dates:
Abstract 1: Article approval: August 27, 2010 Abstract due: September 10, 2010
Abstract 2: Article approval: September 24, 2010 NOTE: I found some interesting articles on the gulf oil spill that I will hand out in class, so no need for approval. Abstract due: October 15, 2010
Article approval: an article must be approved by 3:15 pm on the indicated date. Articles not approved by this date and time will have 5 points deducted from the abstract grade.
Articles: ØShould relate to chemistry and come from a reputable journal ØShould be 3 or more pages and/or 2000 or more words. (i.e. a 3 page article with only 1000 total words is not acceptable) ØShould be printed within 24 months from the abstract due date. Reprinted articles with a more recent date are not acceptable. ØCannot be taken from a website.
Do NOT quickly google a chemistry term and use one of the "articles". These articles are usually reprints or summaries and are NOT acceptable.
Abstracts are due by 3:30 pm on the due date to turnitin.com. Abstracts received after 3:30 WILL be considered LATE. Excuses of “it didn’t work, or I don’t remember my login or password” are not valid. If a student is absent, the abstract is due by 3:15 on the day the student returns to school REGARDLESS of whether or not the student has chemistry class that day; otherwise the abstract is considered LATE. Please be aware of the Honor code definition of plagiarism.
An abstract is a summary, in the student’s own words, of an article.
There will be three (3) abstracts Fall semester. Each one will count as a 50 point test grade.
The abstract rubric is under abstracts on the chemistry wiki page.
Abstract Dates:
Abstract 1:
Article approval: August 27, 2010
Abstract due: September 10, 2010
Abstract 2:
Article approval: September 24, 2010 NOTE: I found some interesting articles on the gulf oil spill that I will hand out in class, so no need for approval.
Abstract due: October 15, 2010
Abstract 3
Article approval:October 29, 2010
Abstract due: November 12, 2010
Article approval: an article must be approved by 3:15 pm on the indicated date. Articles not approved by this date and time will have 5 points deducted from the abstract grade.
Articles:
ØShould relate to chemistry and come from a reputable journal
ØShould be 3 or more pages and/or 2000 or more words. (i.e. a 3 page article with only 1000 total words is not acceptable)
ØShould be printed within 24 months from the abstract due date. Reprinted articles with a more recent date are not acceptable.
ØCannot be taken from a website.
Do NOT quickly google a chemistry term and use one of the "articles". These articles are usually reprints or summaries and are NOT acceptable.
Abstracts are due by 3:30 pm on the due date to turnitin.com. Abstracts received after 3:30 WILL be considered LATE. Excuses of “it didn’t work, or I don’t remember my login or password” are not valid.
If a student is absent, the abstract is due by 3:15 on the day the student returns to school REGARDLESS of whether or not the student has chemistry class that day; otherwise the abstract is considered LATE.
Please be aware of the Honor code definition of plagiarism.